Greater Good Magazine

Americans are increasingly divided along social and political lines. The evidence for this polarization can be found in our most intimate…

Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”

Social Capital Quiz

Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as the feeling that arises when you are…

Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”

Compassionate Love Quiz

Robert Emmons, perhaps the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, argues that gratitude has two key components, which he describes…

Your Happiness Calendar for October 2019

Gratitude Quiz

Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through…

Five Obstacles to Happiness (and How to Overcome Them)

Mindfulness Quiz

For the Greater Good Science Center, “diversity” refers to both an obvious fact of human life—namely, that there are many different…

Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”

Connection to Humanity Quiz

Awe is the feeling we get in the presence of something vast that challenges our understanding of the world, like looking up at millions of…

What Awe Looks Like in the Brain

Awe Quiz

When researchers refer to the concept of social connection, they mean the feeling that you belong to a group and generally feel close to…

How to Be a Strength-Based Parent for Kids with Learning Differences

Social Capital Quiz

Most of us probably don’t believe we need a formal definition of happiness; we know it when we feel it, and we often use the term to…

How to Be a Strength-Based Parent for Kids with Learning Differences

Happiness at Work

Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person…

Is a Grudge Keeping You Up at Night?

Forgiveness Quiz

The term “empathy” is used to describe a wide range of experiences. Emotion researchers generally define empathy as the ability to sense…

Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”

Empathy Quiz

Altruism is when we act to promote someone else’s welfare, even at a risk or cost to ourselves. Though some believe that humans are…

How to Stand Up for What’s Right, Even if You’re Afraid

Altruism Quiz